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Colo. (AP) ¡ª The Denver Broncos and Chris Harris Jr. have ended their contract
stalemate with the team bumping the cornerback¡¯s pay in 2019 from about $8
million to $12 million, which is $1 million more than the team¡¯s new cornerback,
free agent Kareem Jackson is making.¡°Done deal!¡± the team tweeted late Tuesday
afternoon.Harris skipped the first two months of the team¡¯s offseason workouts
while angling for a pay raise and working out with his personal trainer in
Dallas.In a statement, general manager John Elway said, ¡°We have a lot of
respect for Chris as a player and for everything he¡¯s meant to our organization.
This contract adjustment recognizes his value to our team and the high
expectations we have for Chris as a Bronco this season and hopefully for years
to come.¡±However, Harris is set to become an unrestricted free agent after this
season.Harris and his agent met with Elway at the NFL scouting combine and came
away feeling good about getting a new deal. Those feelings soured when Elway
signed two cornerbacks in free agency, Bryce Callahan (three years, $21 million)
and Jackson (three years, $33 million).Harris then accused Elway of making it
personal by taking a dig at him during his pre-draft news conference when he
went out of his way to say that while he would look at Harris¡¯ contract after
the draft, he wouldn¡¯t necessarily adjust his deal.Harris, who turns 30 in June,
is entering the final season of the five-year, $42.5 million contract he signed
in 2015 just before the market for elite cornerbacks took off.The last remaining
member of the ¡°No Fly Zone¡± secondary that was the backbone of Denver¡¯s Super
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multiple interceptions in each of the past seven seasons.The Broncos were 6-6
last season and in the playoff race when Harris sustained a hairline fracture in
his right leg and missed the final four games, all losses. He returned to play
in the Pro Bowl, where he recorded an interception.Harris told The Associated
Press recently that he only needs a day to learn new coach Vic Fangio¡¯s defense
and that he¡¯s been training tirelessly with his personal trainer in Dallas in
preparation for the upcoming season.¡°I¡¯m ready to roll. I feel great,¡± Harris
said. ¡°I got my body people with me. I stretch every day. My hips are fluid. I¡¯m
making sure I¡¯m ready. I¡¯m not going to stop until I get that gold jacket. I¡¯ve
got a lot of years left in me. I¡¯m a DB. I play everywhere. I¡¯m getting ready to
face Antonio Brown Week 1.¡±The Broncos open against the Oakland Raiders on Sept.
9.Even with the Broncos changing quarterbacks and coaches again this offseason,
the dominant story line in Denver has been Harris¡¯ holding out for a contract
adjustment.Von Miller chimed in recently, saying, ¡°When you first get here they
tell you ¡ if you do all of the right things in the community and you do all of
the right things on the football field, they¡¯ll take care of you. Chris has
definitely done everything and then some.¡±Champ Bailey, who will be enshrined in
the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August, told The AP that while he saw both
sides, he felt Harris deserved a hefty pay raise.¡°I think he¡¯s been in his prime
for a few years now. But you have to be realistic. I always try to be objective.
I know this guy should get paid. But then I think about Elway¡¯s stance. He¡¯s a
businessman. He¡¯s going to do what is best for the Broncos,¡± Bailey said.¡°And
the way I see it is you¡¯d better get him signed but you¡¯d also better protect
yourself for the long run. He is on the wrong side of 30, let¡¯s be real.
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that team? Hell, yeah!¡± THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) ¡ª The Los Angeles Rams insist
there is no panic internally after losing consecutive games for the first time
under coach Sean McVay.Convincing those outside the team that everything is fine
is another matter.¡°My wife got vitamins out in the morning when we lose two
games,¡± cornerback Aqib Talib said Wednesday. ¡°You got to just get back to the
basics and play football.¡±Quarterback Jared Goff, who has been receiving the
most scrutiny for his performances in losses at Chicago and against
Philadelphia, was emphasizing that message. Goff¡¯s production has dropped off
during the past three games, throwing one touchdown pass and six interceptions
in that span after posting a 26-to-6 touchdown to interception ratio over the
first 11 games of the season.Goff had another interception against the Eagles
changed to a lost fumble by league statisticians, not that it offered any
solace.¡°Doesn¡¯t matter,¡± Goff said. ¡°It was a turnover.¡±Cutting down on
giveaways is the priority for the Rams (11-3) before facing Arizona on the road
Sunday. Everything else brought up as the reason for the downturn in his
productivity, from wide receiver Cooper Kupp¡¯s season-ending knee injury to
struggles in pass protection, does not matter nearly as much as playing
turnover-free football, Goff said.¡°I think each game is independent of each
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against the Cardinals (3-11), which McVay said reflects the team¡¯s commitment to
getting back on track over the final two weeks of the regular season. Though he
always stresses process over outcome, McVay admitted there is a different level
of intensity this week because of the two losses.¡°I¡¯d like to think that
regardless of what the outcome is, it¡¯s the same, but human nature doesn¡¯t
really allow that,¡± McVay said. ¡°I know there¡¯s an increased sense of urgency
from us as coaches. I sense that from the players.¡±McVay said nothing changes in
terms of the Rams¡¯ preparations going into their final road game of the regular
season, which includes the hand gestures and verbal cues the offense uses at the
line of scrimmage to make adjustments, even after Arizona claimed wide receiver
and return specialist Pharoh Cooper on Wednesday after the Rams placed him on
waivers.Passing game coordinator Shane Waldron said there was no need to change
signals despite the understanding Cooper would be giving his new team detailed
information on audibles and other aspects of the offense.¡°I mean, there are some
teams in the league where those signals or some of those things have been the
same since 15 years moving forward,¡± Waldron said. ¡°Some of those things, I
think, are overvalued. You got to go out there and play football and execute at
a high level. If you start worrying too much about hand signals or codewords
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quarterback uses the handful of plays that have hindered the Rams the past two
weeks to improve.¡°Unfortunately, in him, we keep talking about two plays, and
that¡¯s the nature of the quarterback position,¡± McVay said. ¡°But I would say
this, we¡¯ll continue to learn from it.¡±Goff has no doubts he and the Rams
offense will reap the benefits, no vitamins necessary.¡°Again, we¡¯re talking
about things going bad when two weeks ago it was a much different conversation,¡±
Goff said. ¡°We need to fix some things and get some things ironed out and we
will. I expect to do that this week.¡±NOTES: RB Todd Gurley (knee) and Justin
Davis (shoulder) did not participate in the team¡¯s walkthrough Wednesday. McVay
expects Gurley will be available to play Sunday. ¡ McVay has not decided whether
WR JoJo Natson or DB Blake Countess will return kicks in place of Cooper.